CRU Camps – successfully done the old fashioned way When I think back to my first school camp, I have only fond memories. It was 1983 and I was in Grade 5. I remember feeling excited that I was finally old enough to attend camp and I was going to sleep in a cabin with my…

I need to learn to talk to my teenager Parenting teenagers involves new skills and learning to talk to my teenager is one skill many parents should work on every day. Communicating with teenagers is like learning to ride a bike, once you have the skills, all you need to do is practice the skills….

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If I Stay was a really touching movie. Since I’m a teenage girl I found myself really emotionally invested in the characters. I fell in love with Adam as Mia did. I cried, multiple times, all throughout the movie. As a real “sook” (as mum likes to refer to me) I always seem to find myself…

The movie adaptation of Gone Girl was simply spectacular. Considering I only read the book, by Gillian Flynn, quite recently, I can say that the movie was very accurate. Before I watched the movie I was really worried about how they would pull off the complicated plot. Now I think it’s safe to say that…

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If I Stay, by Gayle Forman, is basically one of the most heart wrenching novels I’ve ever read. I got so attached to Mia, the protagonist, and cried anytime she had an even remotely sad thought. I fell in love with Adam, her boyfriend, as her entire relationship played out before me from the beginning….

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Is Teenagers & Stress a normal part of life? I don’t remember stressing about much as a teenager but one thing I know made me feel sick in the stomach was exams. We have just started to experience exams in our household, but I haven’t a change in the behaviour of my teens. In fact, they seem…

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I don’t remember stressing about much as a teenager but one thing I know made me feel sick in the stomach was exams. Even though Ashlea is not quite doing exams, she must complete end of term testing in all her subjects. I haven’t seen a change in her behaviour, in fact, she seems to…

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is one of those novels that takes a bit to get into, but once you’re hooked there is no setting it down. I found the first half of the book slow and quite difficult for me to read. I think this is because the first half of the book is…

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As I’m sure everyone knows by now, there has been a Malaysian Airlines plane that has been bombed straight out of the air in the Ukrainian air space. I am absolutely disgusted by what has happened because to me, it seems so inhumane. People who are willing to bomb a plane full of people (knowingly…

Are your children resilient enough to bounce back? Recently at a girlfriends house, I had my tarot cards read (secretly I love this stuff but can be a closed book when they are trying to open me up). My cards revealed that I need to let go of the reins a little and let my…